be present to us. be present to us tonight. be present to us in the days ahead. help us to love as you love help us to build a community of peace. thank you for the peace for the survivors the families pray for their friends and neighbors who love them. pray for the conversion of the perpetrator of this terrible crime and we pray for our city for healing for strength to go forward. you are our hope, lord. we look to your resurrection as a sure sign that death does not defeat us, that death is not the end. instead we pray that each of us may join in the victory of your resurrection. we ask this through jesus christ our lord, amen. (applause) >> my name is read hedick chairman of the aurora community of faith. leadership matters. leadership matters when things are going well, but leadership really matters in moments of tragedy and crisis. here in aurora we are blessed. we are blessed with strong, capable leaders and every segment and every level of our society. we are wealth served -- we are well served we are well led. at the top of that heap is our mayor. please